Rajshahi Medical College Hospital and other public and private hospitals and clinics in Rajshahi city are running without proper waste disposal facilities posing serious heath hazards to adjacent localities. The 530-bed RMCH, the biggest healthcare facility in the northern region, dumps its medical wastes in two open dustbins built
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Media can help change attitude towards transvestites
The media has a vital role to play in changing the society’s attitude towards the transgender and other socially-excluded people to ensure their fundamental rights, speakers at a discussion said on Saturday. They viewed that the transgender, male sex-workers
Tk 26 lakh grants for Rajshahi slum dwellers
A total of 521 slum households in the city received grants of around Tk 26.05 lakh for attaining economic emancipation through income-generation activities. Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project distributed chaques for stimulating the slum community towards goat rearing and small business for uplifting
Orientation of IU dev studies course held
The orientation programme for the newly admitted students of the development studies Master’s programme at Islamic University in Kushtia was held on Saturday. The students, admitted under session 2013-2014, are the fourth batch of the evening course conducted under the department of politics and public adminstration.
Call for bringing street kids under mainstream development
Speakers at a discussion stressed the need for bringing the underprivileged street children under mainstream development by providing them with basic facilities especially education, health and shelter. Privileged groups of the society should do something for development of the street children, they said, adding if every rich family comes forward with supports, no children
Maritime univ student drowns in Ctg
A cadet of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Maritime University drowned in a water body on the campus on Saturday in Chittagong. The student, HM Masud Kaiser Shuvo, 21, a second-year student and son of Mainul Islam, hailed from Barura of Comilla.
Illegal parking blocks Sylhet city roads
Unauthorised parking lots set up occupying roads have mushroomed in the Sylhet city, aggravating city traffic congestion. The city dwellers have alleged that more than 50 such parking lots for cars, microbuses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws, rickshaws, battery-run three-wheelers and other
Nahid seeks cooperation of all to create talented people
The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, on Friday urged all sections of people to extend their helping hands alongside the government’s initiatives for developing latent talent of students. ‘We can create talented people by ensuring opportunities for the students,’ he told a function on the occasion of giving Sher-e-Bangla Smriti stipend in the auditorium
Slum dwellers to get solar street light in Rajshahi
The Rajshahi city slum dwellers are going to have improved housing and solar streets facilities. The city mayor, AHM Khairuzzaman Liton, revealed this while distributing bank chaques worth Tk 2.52 crore for eco-friendly infrastructural improvement for the slum communities. Urban Partnership for Poverty Reduction Project
RU summer vacation begins Sunday
Summer vacation of Rajshahi University will begin on Sunday. On the occasion of summer vacation, May Day and Buddha Purnima, the university will remain closed from 28 April to May 31, said a press release of RU public relations administration. During the vacation, halls will also
Construction of city kitchen markets to miss 3rd deadline
The completion of the construction of three wholesale kitchen markets in the capital city, which started 7 years ago, is likely to be delayed for at least another year for lack of funds and disputes over land. With Dhaka North City Corporation admitting that in June it will miss its third completion deadline, officials claim ... Read more
Collapse panic drives students out of classrooms
The students of Kadam Mobarak Boys High School at Cheragi in the Chittagong city, run by Chittagong City Corporation, came out of the classrooms as panic spread in the school after ceiling plaster started coming off on Thursday. The school authorities decided to suspend all classes
CCC to take steps against risky buildings
The Chittagong City Corporation is going to take steps against the risky buildings to avoid losses of lives and property following the wake-up call by the country’s worst disaster ‘Rana Plaza’ collapse at Savar in Dhaka. The city mayor, M Manjur Alam Manju, in an emergency
BSU celebrates 61st founding anniv today
Left-leaning Bangladesh Students Union celebrates its 61st founding anniversary today. The BSU, that played a vital role in all democratic and student movements and the independence war in 1971, would organise a student rally and bring out a procession in the capital, carrying the national and organisation flags, banners and placards.
Barisal airport resumes passenger flight
The Barisal airport became operative for commercial passenger flights on Thursday by resuming domestic flights of United Airways on the Dhaka-Barisal-Dhaka route. The airport turned into an abandoned cattle-grazing field in the absence of flight operation since May 5, 2009.
KOICA holds annual NGO workshop
The 2013 Annual Korean NGO Workshop organised by the Korea International Cooperation Agency was held at KOICA Bangladesh Office on Thursday. The Korean non-governmental organisations working for the socio-economic development in Bangladesh by receiving KOICA’s grant assistance took part in the workshop.
Bahadur Shah Park plagued with problems
The historic Bahadur Shah Park, still testifying to the brutal massacre of those who took up arms against the British regime in 1875, is losing much of its attraction because of adequate maintenance and monitoring. Parts of the park footpath have illegally been occupied
Bahadur Shah Park plagued with problems
The historic Bahadur Shah Park, still testifying to the brutal massacre of those who took up arms against the British regime in 1875, is losing much of its attraction because of adequate maintenance and monitoring. Parts of the park footpath have illegally been
Noise pollution of capital alarming: survey report
Green activists on Wednesday urged the government to take immediate measures to stop noise pollution as the capital’s noise pollution reached an alarming level. At a report launching programme, they suggested proper implementation of the Noise Pollution Control Rules 2006, raising awareness, stopping use
DEMU train service starts today
The Diesel Electrical Multiple Unit locomotives (trains) service on the Dhaka-Narayanganj route will be launched today. Though the Bangladesh railway was scheduled to launch two sets of these metre-gauge trains separately, it is going to launch a ‘rake’ or combined two-set DEMU trains.